Therapy with Infants

Inger Poulsen was trained in body/gestalt therapy, sandplay therapy, and psychotherapy. She has worked with child, adolescent and adult psychology and psychiatry in Denmark, Sweden and Greenland. Since 1997 she has been head of the Family House, a psychotherapy clinic for pregnant women and families with young children. She is a psychologist in private practice offering infant therapy, early trauma therapy for older children, as well as therapy for adults who have experienced early (pre-language) trauma. She is alos active as a speaker, teacher and supervisor for professionals in Denmark and Greenland. Inger Thormann, MA, qualified from the Danish Supervisory Board of Psychological Practice in 1997 and has worked since 1973 as a psychologist in residential facilities for children who have suffered neglect and abuse, at the Skodsborg Treatment Centre for Infants. She is the author of six books for professionals and six childrens books, and is active as a film consultant, lecturer and teacher. She is also a sychologist in private practice.

'This book is an excellent example of the power of the word in the understanding of early trauma and work with very small infants. It shows the recovery, through the understanding at all levels, of the connections between trauma and symptom delivered in a respectful and intense setting and suggested to the infant as a possibility. I highly recommend this book.'- Dr Stella Acquarone, Child and Adult Psychotherapist

• Foreword -- Part I -- Presentation of Françoise Dolto and Caroline Eliacheff -- Infant therapy in practice at Skodsborg treatment centre for infants -- Therapy with infants as it is practiced at The Family House in Horsens -- Case: Adam -- Affective attunement and special moments -- Attachment as the foundation of the child’s development -- Attachment and separation: abandonment syndrome -- A theoretical model -- Transitional objects and phenomena and their role as protective measures -- Therapy with infants: how is it possible? -- Infant therapy as a preventive measure -- Part II -- Using the method of infant therapy with older children -- The method of infant therapy and other professions -- Infant therapy with adopted children -- The method of infant therapy in adult therapy -- National and international interest in identifying and treating trauma in infants